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Italy: almost a million and a half took part in the national strike organized by the CGIL
The CGIL is satisfied with the mobilization it launched against the government's economic policy to face the crisis. However, the government, employers and its rival union federation, the Cisl...
16 December 2008
Netherlands: the Frijns Commission disappoints unions regarding managers’ pay
The Frijns Commission, in charge of monitoring compliance with businesses' compliance with the "Tabaksblat" code of good behavior, presented its final recommendations on December 12, 2008. The one...
16 December 2008
Netherlands: unions want a 3.5% wage increase in 2009
The largest Dutch union, the Dutch Trade Union Federation (FNV) decided to maintain in 3.5% wage claim for 2009, despite the crisis. In doing so, it rejected the calls made by Maria van der...
16 December 2008
Slovakia: businesses prepare to introduce euro
Preparation is underway in Slovakia for the introduction of the Euro. Indeed, on January 1, 2009 Slovakia becomes the 16th country to join the European Union's common currency. New acts have been...
15 December 2008
Spain: stakes of the 9th congress of the Workers’ Commission union (CCOO) to be held in Madrid on December 17-20
Two applicants. José Maria
Fidalgo defends his report and the negotiating capacity of the CCOO, which
established itself as the country’s main union force, before the UGT, the other
large...
15 December 2008
Germany: evaluation of collective agreements in 2008 and prospects for 2009
The Economic and Social Institute (WSI) and the Hans Blocker Foundation - German unions' think tank" - drew the first conclusions of the collective agreements signed in 2008. In terms of...
11 December 2008
Corporate Practices: Deutsche Post awarded for its health management system
Already praised several times by economic newspapers, Deutsche Post World Net's corporate health management program received, on December 2, a new award - the "German Corporate Health Award." It...
11 December 2008
Italy: report on labor transformations
More social conflicts, increase of atypical labor, unemployment and female employment: these are the main labor changes brought forward by the 42nd report of the "Censis" research institute...
11 December 2008
Mexico: increasing number of underemployed skilled workers
Labor market statistics show that 7% of Mexican workers are looking for a second job. Among skilled workers, who have an average or upper education level, the number of "underemployed" increased...
11 December 2008
United States: auto bailout leads to trial of strength
The State to the rescue. This amount would be taken – as loans spread on 7 years – from a $25 billion fund created in September to improve gas consumption standards in the automobile industry...
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9 December 2008
Portugal: the VW Autoeuropa factory adopts a new company agreement to maintain employment
The management and workers of the Autoeuropa de Palmela automotive assembly plant adopted a new company agreement which will be in force until the end of 2011. Renegotiated during the crisis, the...
9 December 2008
Spain: Michelin’s management and unions sign an agreement avoiding job cuts
The inter-center works council and the management of Michelin Spain signed an "exceptional framework agreement 2009" to cope with the bad economic prospects and adapt production to market needs...
9 December 2008
China: analysis of the new labor dispute law and its impact after six months of its application
The law on mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, adopted on December 29, 2007, entered into force on May 1, 2008, and brought about major changes to the previous mechanism for settling...
8 December 2008
Great Britain: TUC demands additional measures for the respect of minimum wage
The UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Low Pay Commission (LPC) - which is going to issue recommendations to the government in early 2009 - to propose new measures to improve the...
4 December 2008
Germany: the train drivers’ union (GDL) demands a 6.5% wage increase
The three train drivers' unions - Transnet, GDBA and the GDL - presented to the Deutsche Bahn, on December 1, 2008, in Berlin, their official claims before the opening of the renegotiation of the...
4 December 2008
Germany: Ver.di and Deutsche Post end their wage conflict in two German postal subsidiaries
After two warning strikes, the services' union Ver.di and Deutsche Post reached, on December 2, 2008, a wage agreement which ends a conflict which lasted for several months in two subsidiaries of...
4 December 2008
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025